'History of the imâms and seyyids of 'Omân by Salîl-ibn-Razîk, from A.D. 661-1856; translated from the original Arabic, and edited with notes, appendices, and an introduction, continuing the history down to 1870, by George Percy Badger, F.R.G.S., late chaplain in the Presidency of Bombay.' [‎17] (30/612)

editor's preface.
I am under obligation to the same gentleman for the
comprehensive narrative given in Appendix C, ot the
Murder of the KhaUfah 'Aly-ihn-Ahi-Talih, Muham
mad's Cousin arid Son-in-law, the event above all
others in the history of Islam which gave rise to the
primitive Khawdrij, or Schismatics, of whom the Ibad-
hiyah are an offshoot. A right conception of these
several topics is so indispensable to a clear nndei-
standing of the politico-religious system of the
'Omanis, that the reader is advised to peruse the first
three Appendices before taking up the narrative.
I have endeavoured as far as possible to identify
the localities occurring in the author-s narrative ; but
our very limited knowledge of the geography of the
interior has obliged me to pass over, without com
ment, very many of which even the names are new
to us. It is remarkable, and by no means creditable
to the British Government in India, that notwith
standing our intimate political and commercial rela
tions with 'Oman for the last century, we know
actually less of that country, beyond the coast, than
Ave do of the Lake districts of Central Africa. Well-
sted's is the only map of the province which we pos
sess drawn up from personal obseivation , and al
though he has incorporated into it two separate land
journeys made by his companion. Lieutenant W hite-
lock, from Bark ah to el-Masnaah and fiom Sliin t is
across the promontory to Sharjah, it afloids littlt 01
no certain indication of the numerous towns and vil
lages beyond the restricted routes of the travelleis.
Its value, however, as a guide to the relative position